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Increased Police Repression of Protected Protest: from South Central L.A. to Standing Rock
In the nearly two and half decades since 9/11, the ongoing tension between the rights and freedoms of individuals and government authority has shifted the balance decidedly in favor of authoritarian state control.
Disgraced LA council members tried to erase voters. Here’s how California can respond.
In October, a Reddit user leaked audio of a meeting between Ron Herrera, President of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, and Los Angeles council members Nury Martinez, Gil Cedillo and Kevin de León. On the recording, the council members made racist remarks about Indigenous peoples and African Americans.
The Highest Stakes
Raised in South Central Los Angeles, Zavala took issue with the death penalty at an early age after seeing “the racial disparities of whom it’s applied to and the fact that numerous people have been found innocent after being sentenced.” He believes all people are capable of personal transformation, and should not solely be judged by the worst thing they’ve ever done.
Death by Lethal Infection
Ollin Law is re-envisioning the law and criminal justice in California. With our roots in communities beleaguered by violence, poverty, and police misconduct, we’ve taken it as our mission to transform the practice of law from a zero-sum game of winners and losers into a tool for healing, self-improvement, and reconciliation.
Gascón brings much awaited change, gives hope
Gascón brings much awaited change, gives hope Los Angeles District Attorney Jorge Gascón took aim at decades of systemic racism in the county’s criminal justice system with a blistering directive...